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| Title: |
CNW 511 |
| Description: |
CNW 511, my only CNW E unit shot, I'll have to make do |
| Photo Date: |
7/15/1978 Upload Date: 9/6/2017 8:35:10 PM |
| Location: |
Melrose Park, IL |
| Author: |
J Fischer |
| Categories: |
Roster,Yard |
| Locomotives: |
CNW 511(E9A) |
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486 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
C&NW E9 511 |
| Description: |
C&NW E9 511 crossing the Milwaukee Road at about Grand and Western Avenues in Chicago, Illinois on an unknown day in October 1979, Kodachrome by Chuck Zeiler. Number 511 was built in May 1955 as UP E9 949 (c/n 20486) on EMD Order 2070, sold in September 1972 to PNC, sold by PNC to the C&NW becoming 511 on May 23, 1973 after exchanging the steam generators for Detroit Diesel HEP. It was sold to RTA on December 31, 1977 and leased to the C&NW for operation as Metropolitan Rail (Metra) 511 from 1984 to 1989. Retired March 19, 1989, it was sold to Kasten Railcar Services, Edwardville, Illinois, in late 1989. Kasten Railcar sold Metra 511 to Union Pacific in September 1990. UP returned the unit to its original UP number (UP 949) and operates the unit as part of an A-B-A set of E-units on special trains. |
| Photo Date: |
10/1/1979 Upload Date: 7/27/2011 5:16:53 PM |
| Location: |
Chicago, IL |
| Author: |
Chuck Zeiler |
| Categories: |
Roster,Passenger |
| Locomotives: |
CNW 511(E9A) |
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1339 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Tied Down RTA Trains |
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| Photo Date: |
6/12/1980 Upload Date: 9/15/2022 12:51:25 PM |
| Location: |
Des Plaines, IL |
| Author: |
Gerard Putz |
| Categories: |
Passenger |
| Locomotives: |
CNW 420(F7A) CNW 511(E9A) |
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96 Comments: 0 |
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